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filtrate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun filtrate has 1 sense
- filtrate(n = noun.substance) Array - the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter; Array is a kind of fluid, product
has particulars: percolate
Derived forms verb filter1, verb filtrate1
Verb filtrate has 1 sense
- filtrate(v = verb.contact) filter, filter out, separate out, strain - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" is one way to separate
Derived forms noun filter1, noun filtrate1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
filtrate, v. t. [Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.].
To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
filtrate, n.
That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted with retentate , the material remaining on the filter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
filtrate, v. & n.
--v.tr. filter.
--n. filtered liquid.
--v.tr. filter.
--n. filtered liquid.
Derivative
filtration n.
Etymology
mod.L filtrare (as FILTER)
ROGET THESAURUS
filtrate
Cleanness
VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.Egress
VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.
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